My moral compass isn’t anything like Keenum but the Junction had become an embarrassment. And you can’t have that on the 7-8 most important student recruiting days of the year.
The athletic depts longstanding position that it has no control over or role In the tailgating activities has to stop. It’s important.
Good. Of course since it’s 2023 we can’t actually say who or what the problem is that caused the big fiasco during the UK game. But if you were there, then you know.
They certainly had a role when they created a monopoly for contract tailgating services to the detriment of the fanbase.
Do we really need to pay a contractor or this? There's no one in the AD whose title is "Manager of Game Day Operations?"
This again. Eye roll emoji.
Cool. Having some order, expectations, and review is what helps preserve fun for the masses moving forward.
I’m sure they could but I’m guessing the outside contractor will primarily look at maximizing revenue off tailgating.
We have a whole committee. Mostly university folks. Chaired by a university official. And they have clearly failed and definitely didn’t spot trends.
Then that's one of the problems, we need a manager not a "Chair."
Correct. There are 9 members that make up the gameday committee and frankly they’re not qualified to run a little league baseball tournament. I don’t like disparaging people, and I won’t name names, but it has been trending down for years. Too much turnover within the athletic department to build relationships with vendors and contractors, zero outside input is listened too, and a whole lot of entitlement has led to this.
The problem is that as a society we've moved to point where society doesn't police itself any longer. When folks can't behave appropriately in public, then they have to be regulated.
It’s the government way. Hire a consultant so you’ll have a scapegoat if things go wrong. Actually, this happens a lot outside of government too.
Correct. As someone who remembers the 70s, MJ was common, even in small town MS. But people understood to be cool about it and keep it on the down low out of sight of the general public.
Bud, police and security have been at large public gatherings for as long as I can remember.
For some people the associate AD tag next to their names on their bios make them smarter, better looking, etc than anyone with a smidge of common sense.
You haven't been playing attention well have you? I've been tailgating a long time, and rarely see any security or LE filtering through the tailgate areas.
